"Training courses are organised in collaboration with relevant international organisations, with a focus on the special requirements and circumstances of the target countries/regions. Specific activities include:

Capacity building for technology needs assessment, project planning and assessment, and establishment of institutional settings;

Information dissemination about environmentally sound technologies and best practices appropriate to the region and circumstances of the target country;

Identification of financing needs and alternative means of project financing;

Exchange of experiences in the use of successful environmental and energy policy instruments (e.g. law, taxes, subsidies etc.)

Professional education and training;

Initiation and strengthening of networking between agencies/centres for energy saving, energy efficiency and renewable energy; and,

Facilitating interaction between governments, agencies, and relevant international and other organisations."